Since 1970, the US Air Force's C-5 cargo planes have carried troops and gear all over the world. The C-5 is the Air Force's biggest plane, and the latest model can haul 281,000 pounds and fly 518 mph.

The US military could juggle its mix of strategic airlift and sealift resources based on the results of a mobility capabilities study due to be launched later this month, but the fate of the Lockheed ...

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy/C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft built for the United States Air Force, while the double-decked Airbus A380 is the largest passenger aircraft ever built. The ...

This cover, from Nov. 13, 1972, shows the largest self-propelled aircraft maintenance access stand in place around the empennage of the Lockheed C-5A at Travis Air Force Base in California. The access ...

FILE - A Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, a military transport aircraft used by the United States Air Force, UK, Sept. 11 1974. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) DOVER, Del. — It was a ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered to the US Air Force the first of three C-5M Super Galaxy transports scheduled to enter an operational test and evaluation phase in late 2009. Two more C-5Ms will be ...

The first operational C-5M was delivered to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on Feb. 9, 2009. On Aug. 2, 2018 at the company’s Marietta, Georgia, facility, Lockheed Martin delivered the 52nd C-5M Super ...

Aircraft are tailored to their intended purpose during the design and construction process. This purpose can and often does differ from the initial concept as time passes (perhaps development is ...